MANAGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



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Greenhouse plants require an annual pruning, and should 

 be occasionally headed down, in order that their size and 

 appearance may be improved ; the best time for doing this 

 is soon after they have done flowering, and while they are 

 in a growing state. 



Having endeavoured to furnish my readers with the 

 artificial means of preserving tender plants in a climate 

 foreign to that from which nature first produced them, I shall 

 call their attention to another class of plants well calculated 

 for the windows of a house. 



I allude to the many beautiful varieties of the Chinese^ 

 Chrysanthemum; these are frequently cultivated in pots, 

 and may be taken from the ground and put into pots, even 

 when in full flower, without injury, and when the bloom is 

 over, returned to the garden. In the Spring following, they 

 will throw up an abundance of suckers. 



The following list contains some of the best varieties of 

 the Chrysanthemum, and are entitled to a place in every 

 flower garden. In October and November, when the waning 

 year has left our gardens comparatively cheerless, these, 

 with their various colours, deck them out in gaiety, and 

 prolong the semblance of Summer. They are perfectly 

 hardy, and will brave our severest Winters. 



From the Catalogue of W* Prince <$ Sons, Flushing, L. I. 



The gold bordered red; ] 



ilie petals are red, , 



striped with golden 

 yellow 



White quilled 

 Pale buff, or orange I 

 Changeable, red and 



orange on same plant 

 Lilac quilled. 

 Rose-coloured,or pink 

 Lilac and white, chan- 

 geable ; the floicers 



vary to lilac, to white 



with a purple centre, 



and to pure white 

 Darkerimson,orSpan- 



ish brown 



Straw coloured quilled 

 Golden yellow 

 Tasselled White 



Semi-double quilled do 

 Paper white 

 Quilled light purple 

 Expanded do do 

 Quilled yellow 

 Double Indian yellow 

 Double Indian white. 

 Dark purple 

 Early blush 

 Golden lotus 

 Quilled purple 

 Starry purple 

 Park's smallyellowjZne 

 Quilled salmon 

 Semidouble quilled 

 Pale orange 

 Two-coloured red 

 Curled buff, or salmon 

 Large lilac 

 Late pale purple 



Quilled fine yellow 



Sulphur do 



Superb clustered do 



Small do 



Single flame yello w 



Quilled pink 



Quilled Orange 



Early crimson 



Curled lilac 



Two coloured incurv'd 



Blush ranunculus 



Late quilled purple 



Tasselled lilac 



Tasselled yellow 



Yellow waratah 



Pale lilac 



Large buff, superb 



Barclay's 



Alton's 



Sabine's. 



